Suit contests public school graduation at Christian college

7:25 PM,
Sep. 12, 2013

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The American Humanist Association has sued the Greenville County school district to stop a Taylors elementary school from holding its fifth-grade graduation ceremonies at North Greenville University, a Christian college.

Filed in U.S. District Court in Greenville, the suit alleges that those events violate the constitutional principle of separation of church and state.

Mountain View Elementary in the Taylors area held its graduation May 30 at North Greenville University, which is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention. ...